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Publishing and Selling Music Online

It’s never been easier to sell music and collect royalties. Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) help you collect royalties from music performances. Digital distribution companies help you sell and stream your music online. In a few minutes, you can release your music online to the world and collect royalty revenues. In the upcoming pages, you’ll learn how.

In this chapter, we’ll discuss the following topics:

  • Registering your music with PROs to collect royalties
  • Tagging your music in preparation for distribution
  • Selling music on online stores and streaming services using digital distribution companies
  • Claiming revenue from songs on YouTube using AdRev

Registering your music

Before uploading your songs ...

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